After Ankara, Deep State and Euro Hawks Celebrate Wins

Foreign Affairs Trump gives NATO what it wants. (Photo by Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images) As a candidate, Donald Trump famously promised to end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours” of taking office. This past week, he acknowledged that Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure represent an “escalation” in the conflict and offered new support for Kiev’s war effort. “It’s an escalation,” Trump said, “but it’s also an escalation that can help lead to an end of the war.” “We're going to give a license to you to make Patriot missiles,” Trump told reporters ahead of a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who Trump said has “done an amazing job.” As the Washington Post approvingly noted, the President appeared to be “embracing a view that Ukraine and many Europeans